When Tara's crush on Ethan threatens to derail her friendship with Kat, Sammy gets her to write a pros and cons list to clear her head. As the roommate war escalates, Abigail wins a decisive victory - emailing Tara's list to the whole school.

Tara is struggling to keep Ethan out of her thoughts. Sammy has to choose between compulsory Saturday ballet classes or his Synagogue services. Christian finds that he can not accept the rules of the Academy. Kat quickly tries to help him get over his "peoplephobic" behaviour after his confrontation with Academy teacher Patrick. Sammy's dad tries to pull him out of the Academy because his grades are dropping; however, he then sees Sammy dancing and decides against it even though he doesn't support him. Dr. Lieberman informs Sammy that until his grades improve he's grounded.